Patrice Désilets

aka: Patrice Desilets, Patrick Désilets
Moby ID: 115130

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Patrice Désilets was Ubisoft's creative director for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. His success with Prince of Persia came after a long history with Ubisoft's Montreal studio, as one of its first employees.

Coming from a background in film, he was involved with many games, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers and Hype: The Time Quest.

Désilets, born and raised in Montreal, earned his bachelor’s degree in film studies and literature at University of Montreal. In 2007 he was the creative director on Assassin's Creed, a series he created. After thirteen years with the company he quit in May 2010. He had been working on Assassin's Creed games for six years and the series' producer Vincent Pontbriand said "Désilets just needed a break".

In October 2010 however THQ revealed they hired Désilets to found a new studio in Montréal, Canada. Ubisoft filed suit to prevent him from working for THQ, but in December 2011 an appeals court for Quebec overturned that injunction, finding that THQ's pursuit of former Ubisoft employees was not bound by any non-compete clauses in their contracts.

Credited on 18 games

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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (2019, Windows) President
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2011, Windows) Story by
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010, Xbox 360) Story by
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010, PSP) Creative Director
Assassin's Creed II (2009, PlayStation 3) Creative Director
Assassin's Creed II: Discovery (2009, Nintendo DS) Special Thanks to
Assassin's Creed II (2009, Windows) Creative Director
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, PlayStation 3) Creative Director
Assassin's Creed (Director's Cut Edition) (2008, Windows) Creative Director
Assassin's Creed (2007, Xbox 360) Creative Director
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003, Windows) Creative Director
Prince of Persia: Special Edition (2003, Browser) Creative Director
Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (2000, Game Boy Color) Original Game Design
Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (2000, PlayStation 2) Lead Game Designer
Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (2000, PlayStation) Game Design - Original Game Design
Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (2000, Windows) Concept Manager
Speed Devils (1999, Dreamcast) Game Design
Hype: The Time Quest (1999, Windows) Lead Game Designers

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